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Distance transparent command, draw a line-by-angle distance, and then press Esc, which takes
you out of angle-distance mode but keeps you in the Line command. You can then draw a few
more segments using the Point Object transparent command, press Esc, and finish your line
with a Perpendicular osnap.
You can activate the transparent commands using keyboard shortcuts or using the
Transparent Commands toolbar. Be sure you include the Transparent Commands toolbar
(shown in Figure 1.50) in all your Civil 3D and survey-oriented workspaces.
The six profile-related transparent commands will be covered in Chapter 7, “Profiles and
Profile Views.”
Standard Transparent Commands
The transparent commands shown in Table 1.1 behave identically to their like-named counter-
parts from the Draw panel (discussed earlier in this chapter). The difference is that you can call
up these transparent commands in any appropriate AutoCAD or Civil 3D draw command, such
as a line, polyline, alignment, parcel segment, feature line, or pipe-creation command.
Table 1.1: The transparent commands
Tool icon Menu command
Angle Distance
Bearing Distance
Azimuth Distance
Deflection Distance
Northing Easting
Grid Northing Easting
Figure 1.50
The Transparent
Commands toolbar
Bearing Distance
Deflection Distance
Grid Northing Distance
Point Number
Point Object
Angle Distance
Azimuth Distance
Northing Easting
Latitude Longitude
Point Name
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